My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 322 - 297: The Lonely Guardian (Part 2)

In his hand, a branch slowly grew, immediately startling the dragon elder.

"This... this this..." The old dragon seemed completely stupefied.

"This is the Divine Tree, I sealed it within myself," said Xue Dili.

The dragon elder looked at Xue Dili with a ghost-seeing expression, a face showing thirty percent shock, thirty percent confusion, and thirty percent disbelief, like a pie chart.

Ignoring the elder’s over-the-top expression, Xue Dili plucked the branch and handed it over saying, "Can you guys eat this thing?"

The Dragon Race’s diet should include tree roots, right?

"Yes!" The elder immediately responded, then as if he had found a treasure, he took the branch and said directly, "Can I try it?"

Although they’ve been farming the Divine Tree for millions of years, secretly eating from the Divine Tree is rare, since the Divine Tree also has a temper, and it’s easy to get caught.

Therefore, for the giant dragons, quietly collecting fallen leaves and branches of the Divine Tree is already a precious treasure, often used to cultivate their own Dragon Blood Fruit, creating food suitable for dragon babies to grow.

As for holding and gnawing on the fresh Divine Tree, they couldn’t even dream of such a fortune.

After Xue Dili confirmed it several times, the old dragon tried taking a bite of the branch.

In the next moment, the old dragon’s ancient clothes tore apart as his muscles inflated like balloons, ripping the clothes apart, and exposing his muscular build to Xue Dili.

Xue Dili: "..."

What he gave to the elder wasn’t the original Divine Tree, but a Divine Tree branch infected with a bacteriophage. He wasn’t sure what effect the bacteriophage would have on the Dragon Race.

"How is it?" asked Xue Dili.

"Very fresh, very delicious! It even has a peculiar fermented taste, completely different from the original Divine Tree, but more flavorful," the elder commented like a food reviewer.

"What surprised me the most is that while the microbes destroyed the original energy structure of the Divine Tree, they made the energy easier to absorb, eliminating the risk of the Divine Tree counterattacking the host in the stomach. This is the most delicious food I’ve ever tasted!"

The elder’s bearded face flushed, and his muscles twitched like they were alive, making Xue Dili’s eyelid twitch.

It seems the Dragon Race can not only accept the Divine Tree but also the bacteriophage-infected Divine Tree.

Perhaps to them, the original Divine Tree was like hard bread, tasty but prone to breaking teeth and difficult to digest.

While the bacteriophage-infected Divine Tree is like a golden soft bread with yeast, a truly indescribable delicacy and delight.

This put Xue Dili at ease.

So he said, "Then I have a Divine Tree identical to this root, would you be willing to help me clear it?"

"By the way, that Divine Tree hasn’t entirely lost its vitality and still carries the risk of rampage, requiring you to control and suppress it occasionally, along with having a large number of personnel guard and nibble on it," Xue Dili explained the issues with the Divine Tree, thinking it would take even thousands of giant dragons a long time to consume it all.

Likewise, all the world’s plant monsters need to be consumed as snacks one by one, which would make clearing this Divine Tree less efficient.

"Willing, willing! By the way, Your Highness the Prince, after talking about benefits, what’s the cost?" The elder responded ingratiatingly, like an Akita dog.

The dragon tail behind him wagged like a dog’s, almost creating afterimages.

Xue Dili: "..."

The old dragon didn’t expect that after coming home, benefits would keep coming. First, he found a plant monster akin to a ginseng baby at home, then within a few days, here came a sickly Divine Tree fully under their control.

When he was under the Apostle, where did so many benefits come from! He even felt a bit unreal, wondering if he was dreaming, giving himself a slap.

It hurt, not a dream!

No wonder ancestors risked everything to come home; this home is wonderful. Although there’s no magic in the air and water, with ginseng babies and the Divine Tree, who cares about the tiny magic in the air or water?

That small amount isn’t worth absorbing to dragons, fearing it might downgrade them!

Also, Your Highness the Prince, hurry up and set some conditions, or this deal feels too good to handle.

"Hey, Your Highness the Prince, please sit. Little Dragon, pour our prince a cup of the finest Dragon Blood Fruit Tea, and I’ll go fetch the Silver Dragon King immediately." The elder quickly reassured Xue Dili and darted out of the library. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Xue Dili: "..."

Actually, the Divine Tree was purely a burden for him, unable to absorb its energy himself, with the opposite effect of constantly requiring Cursed Blood to cultivate bacteriophages for suppression inside him.

Over time, he even felt like Kakashi with Sharingan installed, so he wanted to get rid of it quickly.

But conversely, what was garbage to Xue Dili and the world, was an unimaginable treasure to the giant dragons.

It seems this truly is a mutually beneficial relationship.

And looking around the library, deep within the winding caves, he’s unsure why human ancestors survived by burrowing into the ground and eking out a living to reach the new aeon, whereas now, humans prefer building houses on the surface, while the Dragon Race has started digging into the mountains.